Driver Could Face Charges After Head-On Crash: Police

The driver of a tractor trailer got out of his cab and helped rescue the driver of another vehicle he says hit him head-on in Blue Island early Friday morning.

Ralph Peterson, of Riverdale, said he was driving his rig home at about 1 a.m. Friday, heading south on Ashland Avenue, when he saw a vehicle come over a bridge and drive in his path. The two vehicles collided near Vermont Street.

Peterson said he was OK but he knew that without his help the driver in the black SUV would not be.

"He was stuck. I tried to pull the steering wheel and tried to help him out because there was diesel fuel leaking all over, and I just wanted to make sure he got out of the car safely. And then he was OK," Peterson said.